class="type-12"> 1718: The Liberal Democrats received £100,000 more in donations in the second week of the election campaign than they did in the first, says the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg. They were given £120,000, as opposed to £20,000 in week one, which preceded the first televised prime minsterial debate. The Conservatives received a total of £2.2m in the second week (up on £1.45m), while Labour were given just under £1.5m (up from £780,000). More
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1724: Davidchivall tweets: Vote Cameron, get people like Lardner and Grayling? HREF="http://twitter.com/davidchivall" ID="9999" STYLE="LINK_Inline">Read Davidchivall's tweets1724David Cameron accepts the Conservatives have more to do to reassure gay people, says the BBC's Carole Walker. "We've been on a journey," he tells reporters on his election bus. "Have we gone far enough and fast enough? Maybe not." But Mr Cameron stresses the Tories' policies include support for gay partnerships, efforts to tackle homophobic bullying and support for ending Section 28, the controversial law brought in by his party in 1988 banning councils from portraying homosexuality in a positive light. More
